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I was always laughing in church.

Tom Waits

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Death Drive Man Trust Yourself
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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Drowning Music Rescue Sound Time Yourself
New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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End Force Surreal Yourself
People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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People Scare Success Yourself
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself
If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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Market Myself Nervous Open People See Yourself
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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Act Actor Difference Myself
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick

I was always laughing in church.

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